“On household management”

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Socratic dialogue philosophical work treatise work of ancient Greek philosophy

“On household management” is the English rendering of the title of Xenophon’s Socratic dialogue *Oeconomicus*, a classical work on the management of the household and estate.

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Label	Occurrences
On household management	1
“On household management” canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: “On household management”
Context triple: [Oeconomicus, titleMeaning, “On household management”]

A. A Treatise on Domestic Economy
A Treatise on Domestic Economy is an influential 19th-century manual by Catharine Beecher that promotes scientific household management and women’s education in domestic responsibilities.
B. Master of the Household
The Master of the Household is a senior official in the British Royal Household responsible for overseeing the domestic management and catering arrangements of the royal residences.
C. Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
D. The American Woman's Home
The American Woman's Home is a 19th-century domestic advice book by Harriet Beecher Stowe (co-written with her sister Catharine Beecher) that promotes Christian, moral, and efficient household management for middle-class American women.
E. On the Excellence of Contentment
"On the Excellence of Contentment" is a moral and philosophical chapter in Saadi's classic Persian work Gulistan that extols the virtue of being satisfied with one's lot in life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: “On household management”
Target entity description: “On household management” is the English rendering of the title of Xenophon’s Socratic dialogue *Oeconomicus*, a classical work on the management of the household and estate.

A. A Treatise on Domestic Economy
A Treatise on Domestic Economy is an influential 19th-century manual by Catharine Beecher that promotes scientific household management and women’s education in domestic responsibilities.
B. Master of the Household
The Master of the Household is a senior official in the British Royal Household responsible for overseeing the domestic management and catering arrangements of the royal residences.
C. Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
D. The American Woman's Home
The American Woman's Home is a 19th-century domestic advice book by Harriet Beecher Stowe (co-written with her sister Catharine Beecher) that promotes Christian, moral, and efficient household management for middle-class American women.
E. On the Excellence of Contentment
"On the Excellence of Contentment" is a moral and philosophical chapter in Saadi's classic Persian work Gulistan that extols the virtue of being satisfied with one's lot in life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Socratic dialogue ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ work of ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
author	Xenophon ⓘ
circulation	read in antiquity as a practical manual ⓘ
dateWritten	4th century BCE ⓘ
discusses	division of labor between husband and wife ⓘ management of agricultural property ⓘ training and education of a wife ⓘ virtues of a good household manager ⓘ
genre	dialogue ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	Household Management ⓘ Oeconomicus ⓘ The Economist ⓘ
influenced	Roman writers on agriculture and household management ⓘ later economic thought in antiquity ⓘ
influencedBy	Athenian social and economic practices ⓘ Socratic method ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter	Critobulus ⓘ Ischomachus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
modernReception	studied in classics ⓘ studied in gender studies of antiquity ⓘ studied in history of economic thought ⓘ
originalTitle	Oeconomicus ⓘ Οἰκονομικός ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Socratic writings by Xenophon ⓘ
period	Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Classical Greece
philosophicalTheme	relationship between wealth and virtue ⓘ self‑control and moderation in economic life ⓘ use versus possession of wealth ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Socratic philosophy ⓘ classical Greek ethics ⓘ
setting	Classical Athens ⓘ
structure	dialogue between Socrates and Critobulus ⓘ embedded narrative of Ischomachus ⓘ
titleInEnglish	On household management ⓘ linked to: “On household management”
topic	economics in the ancient Greek sense ⓘ estate management ⓘ gender roles in the household ⓘ household management ⓘ marriage roles ⓘ slavery and management of slaves ⓘ virtue and moral education ⓘ